Toilet usage management system and cat toilet
US10733430B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cat toilet, etc., which specifies precisely one cat who entered a toilet for cat is provided. The present invention relates to a camera for capturing a plurality of images of a cat entering a cat toilet, a cat identifying process for identifying identifiers of one cat appearing in a plurality of images based on a plurality of images captured by the camera section, the cat identification processing section extracts each feature amount from a plurality of images, determines the identifier of one cat as the identification result for each image based on the feature amount, and makes a majority decision of the identification result based on this, identifiers of one cat appearing in a plurality of images are specified.
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